Girl’s father calls for rape case inquiry
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The father of a teenage girl who was allegedly gang raped and later died after being set on fire in eastern India is demanding a federal inquiry into the case, which has renewed public outrage over sexual violence in the country.
Hundreds of people protested on Friday in the West Bengal city of Kolkata, accusing state authorities of failing to protect the family after the 16-year-old girl went to police in October to report she had been raped twice by the same gang.
The state’s urban development minister defended the police response, noting that six suspects had been arrested in the rapes and another two for allegedly setting the man’s daughter on fire.
“The state government has taken appropriate action in this case,” said the minister, Firhad Hakim.
The girl reported being gang raped and left in a field near her home in late October in the Madhyamgram suburb of Kolkata. The next day she was allegedly abducted by the same gang and raped again before being left unconscious near railway tracks, police said.
The girl’s father, a taxi driver, said last week his daughter was set on fire on December 23 after being threatened with violence if she did not withdraw her police complaint. She died from her injuries on Wednesday.
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